# Incident 20010819029009I: Piper PA28161, Tampa, FL, August 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2001, 10:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18PE-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010819029009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON AUGUST 19, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER 28-161, REGISTERED TO LEADING EDGE AVIATION SERVICES, INC. HAD AN INDUCTION FIRE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE AFTER TAXI AT VANDENBURG AIRPORT (X16), IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES OT THE STUDENT PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VANDENBURG AIRPORT (X16) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N18PE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110715015479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110715015479A), Jul 15, 2011: Piper PA-28-161 (N18PE), Crystal River, FL, Substantial damage. PIC was unable to obtain "active runway" from the UNICOM. Based on AWOS winds, he choose runway 09 for landing. He entered a left downwind and reported a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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